Alice Cullinane

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Alice Cullinane |Paul Shuttleworth

Telford Pride has returned to the Shropshire town after more than a decade. The event celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community is being held at The Three Furnaces bar on Saturday until 22:30 BST with live music, activities and cabaret. Kieron Morgan-Williams decided to bring back the event, feeling there was nowhere for the community to gather in the area. He said that the festival had taken a lot of planning but the stress "disappeared" when he saw everyone eating, having fun and singing along to songs.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alex McIntyre |Alice Cullinane

About 90% of a factory unit near a city centre has been destroyed in a fire. West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) said the blaze broke out in a three-storey building on Rea Street in Digbeth, Birmingham, shortly before 09:00 BST on Tuesday. Roads were closed at the site, near to where the city's Pride celebrations are due to be held at the weekend, and police were called in to help direct traffic.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Alex McIntyre |Alice Cullinane

Image caption, Firefighters were called after the blaze broke out in a three-storey buildingAbout 50 firefighters are tackling a building fire in Birmingham. Crews were sent to the blaze after it broke out in a three-storey building on Rea Street in Digbeth, near to where Birmingham Pride is being set up, shortly before 09:00 BST on Tuesday. A spokesperson for West Midlands Fire Service described the fire as "severe" and said it was causing a "large amount of smoke".

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Alice Cullinane

Image caption, Co-founders Catherine Gale (left) and Claire Dawes (right), pictured with assistant Abi Buller, opened the shop in 2022When Catherine Gale and Claire Dawes signed up for a virtual course to learn about running a bookshop, they had no idea where it might take them. Four years later, they are co-owners of The Heath bookshop in Kings Heath, Birmingham, and have won an award for Independent Bookshop of the Year. Their success was announced at the British Book Awards.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Alice Cullinane

Bookshop owners overwhelmed after winning awardAlice CullinaneReporting fromKings HeathBBCCo-founders Catherine Gale (left) and Claire Dawes (right), pictured with assistant Abi Buller, opened the shop in 2022When Catherine Gale and Claire Dawes signed up for a virtual course to learn about running a bookshop, they had no idea where it might take them. Four years later, they are co-owners of The Heath bookshop in Kings Heath, Birmingham, and have won an award for Independent Bookshop of the Year.